2021 New Hire Schedule
In March, April, May, June, September and October both our boats will be available for the following hire start and end dates:
'Queenie' hires will run:
3 nights - Fri to Mon
Narrowboat Hire Blog
2021 New Hire Schedule
In March, April, May, June, September and October both our boats will be available for the following hire start and end dates:
'Queenie' hires will run:
3 nights - Fri to Mon
Hedgehogs by Hester Cox
Sometimes hedgehogs fall into the canal, they can float for a short while and then their lungs fill with water and they drown UNLESS we can fish them out and save them. Since working on the canal I have found a few hedgehogs, some I have fished out, called the Read more
Fantastic Three Days (With a Special Crew Member). Words & photo's by Sarah Napier
We had a wonderful three day boat trip aboard Queenie in June 2015. We’ve done quite a bit of boating and it was the most comfortable quality boat we have ever enjoyed. Hester keeps the boat first class and…
Read moreMoor Up & Visit The Altrincham Market. Words by Nick Johnson, photo's by Claire Harrison.
The company that run Altrincham Market are keen canal boaters. They’ve had a 70 foot canal boat called Jacob moored at Moore in Warrington (on the Bridgewater canal) for the last 30 years and have ‘circumnavigated’ Britain’s pastoral beauty by canal (and the Thames) twice with their 4 children.
First-Time Boaters' Long Weekender by @JulesHornbrook
As complete novices, a long weekend aboard Queenie was both daunting and exciting as we arrived for our essential instruction at the Bridgewater Marina. But nerves quickly gave way to confidence and enthusiasm as we yearned to get cracking - such was Hester’s easy-to-understand boating lesson. In…
Read more